- Author: Nevermore
- Date: May 30, 2025
- Updated: May 30, 2025
- Expansion: Mists of Pandaria
Here you can find the best items to obtain before engaging in end-game raid content! Protection Warriors have the option to opt for a variety of builds, depending on the stats they choose to follow! They will still primarily need to gain items that focus on Stamina and Strength, focusing on reaching their Hit and Expertise caps.
Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot
Head
- Reinforced Retinal Armor
- Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
- Lightning Rod Helm
- Daily Random Scenario
- Meteoric Greathelm
- Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
- Sightfinder Helm
- Commander Vo’jak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
- Helm of Rising Flame
- Brother Korloff in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Neck
- Bloodseeker’s Solitaire
- 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Lightning Rod Neck
- Daily Random Scenario
- Whirling Dervish Choker
- Trial of the King in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Shoulder
- Lightning Rod Pauldrons
- Daily Random Scenario
- Vigorsteel Spaulders
- Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Spaulders of Immovable Stone
- Wing Leader Ner’onok in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Back
- Drape of the Screeching Swarm
- Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Phantasmal Drape
- Jandice Barov in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Soulrender Greatcloak
- Thalnos the Soulrender in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Chest
- Lightning Rod Breastplate
- Daily Random Scenario
- Hateshatter Chestplate
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
- Breastplate of Wracking Souls
- Instructor Chillheart in Scholomance (Heroic)
Wrist
- Lightning Rod Vambraces
- Daily Random Scenario
- Bracers of the Fallen Crusader
- Thalnos the Soulrender in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
- Ri’mok’s Shattered Scale
- Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
Hands
- Lightning Rod Gauntlets
- Daily Random Scenario
- Gauntlets of Ancient Steel
- Blacksmithing
- Hive Protector’s Gauntlets
- Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Gauntlets of Resolute Fury
- Master Snowdrift in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
Waist
- Lightning Rod Girdle
- Daily Random Scenario
- Grenadier’s Belt
- Saboteur Kip’tilak in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Binding of Broken Dreams
- Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
- Waistplate of Imminent Resurrection
- High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
Legs
- Legguards of the Unscathed
- 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
- Lightning Rod Legplates
- Daily Random Scenario
- Sap-Encrusted Legplates
- Vizier Jin’bak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
Feet
- Lightning Rod Sabatons
- Daily Random Scenario
- Spike-Soled Stompers
- Sha of Violence in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
- Wraithplate Treads
- Jandice Barov in Scholomance (Heroic)
- Stonestep Boots
- Lorewalker Stonestep in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
Finger
- Lightning Rod Seal
- Daily Random Scenario
- Crystallized Droplet
- Wise Mari in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
- Firefinger Ring
- Brother Korloff in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)
- Lime-Rimmed Signet
- Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
- Blade Trap Signet
- Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
Trinket
- Iron Protector Talisman
- Gekkan in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)
- Relic of Niuzao
- Darkmoon Deck Set
- Lao-Chin’s Liquid Courage
- 1750 Valor Points
- Carbonic Carbuncle
- Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
One-Handed Weapon
- Inelava, Spirit of Inebriation
- Yan-Zhu the Uncasked in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
- Dubious Handaxe
- Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
- Mantid Sky Reaver
- Archaeology
- Ook’s Hozen Slicer
- Ook-Ook in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)
Shield
- Impervious Carapace
- Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
- Shield of Blind Hate
- Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
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About the Author
Nevermore
Hey there folks, I am Nevermore and have been deeply passionate about WoW for more than a decade. Whether we talk about the hidden mysteries of Azeroth or the otherworldly Outland, my journey brought me here to share the things that I have experienced with you all.